Charging Battery Types And Approximate Charge Times; Easy Set Up - Optima Digital 1200 Mode D'emploi

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Charging Battery Types & Approximate Charge Times
The OPTIMA ® Digital 1200 12 Volt Performance Charger and Maintainer is designed specifically
for 12 Volt batteries.
Please use the table below to understand your battery type before making a quick
set "battery type charging profile" selection.
Description of Battery Type
Quick Set Icon Battery Type
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Profile 1 High Performance OPTIMA 12 Volt AGM starting batteries
Engine Starting
AGM (Absorbed
OPTIMA ® RedTop and BlueTop
Glass Mat) starting
batteries with a dark gray body
batteries
Other high performance AGM
starting batteries
High Performance ®
Profile 2 OPTIMA 12 Volt AGM deep cycle batteries
Deep Cycle
AGM (Absorbed
OPTIMA ® YellowTop and BlueTop
Glass Mat) deep
batteries with a light gray body
cycle batteries
Other high performance AGM
deep cycle batteries
Standard 12 Volt Flooded lead-acid
Profile 3 Standard Flooded
Auto/Marine
and standard AGM batteries
lead-acid and
AGM (Absorbed
Flooded (large) auto, marine, truck,
Glass Mat) batteries
RV batteries with and without caps
(large)
AGM (large) auto, marine, truck,
RV batteries
Profile 4 Standard 12 Volt Flooded lead acid
Motorcycle
Standard Flooded and standard AGM batteries
and AGM (Absorbed
Flooded (small) motorcycle, tractor,
Glass Mat) batteries
power sport batteries with and
(small)
without caps
AGM (small) motorcycle, tractor,
power sport batteries
CAUTION - IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don't know your battery type? Look online or call your
local dealer with your battery manufacturer's name and part number to identify your battery
type before charging. Do not charge 4D, 8D or other high capacity 6, 8 or 12 Volt batteries
typically seen in golf carts as they are typically wired for 24 Volt, 36 Volt or 48 Volt configurations
and have a dedicated / specific charger to be used.
Do not connect or use your OPTIMA ® Digital 1200 battery charger to charge dry cell and/or
Lithium Ion batteries that are commonly used with home appliances or power tools. These
batteries may burst and cause injury to persons and property. Do not use with Gel batteries.
NEVER charge a frozen battery.
Read all important safety and cautionary markings on your battery by the manufacturer
and in this manual before using your OPTIMA
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Approximate Approximate
Amp Hour Rating Charge Times
40-100 Ah 3 to 5 hours at
20 to 40% discharge
6 to 10 hours at 50%
or greater discharge
35-100 Ah 3 to 5 hours at
20 to 40% discharge
6 to 12 hours at 50%
or greater discharge
40 to 130 Ah
3 to 6 hours at
20 to 40% discharge
6 to 12 hours at 50%
or greater discharge
up to 40 Ah
1 to 3 hours at
20 to 40% discharge
5 to 10 hours at 50%
or greater discharge
® Digital 1200 Charger.
Operating Instructions
Easy Set up - Charging w/ DC Clamps out of a Vehicle
WARNING - FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY,
DAMAGE OR EXPLOSION, ALWAYS SHIELD EYES WITH SAFETY GLASSES.
Follow all General and Personal Safety Precautions in this manual and those by the
battery manufacturer.
Follow all the preparing-to-charge steps for out of vehicle battery charging /
maintaining.
For out of vehicle charging or auto maintaining a fully charged battery, please find below a
general illustration of the steps for connecting your charger for operation. General illustration
is for an out of vehicle set up.
1. Connect the red POSITIVE (POS, P, +) cable clamp to the POSITIVE (POS, P, +) post.
2. Connect the black NEGATIVE (NEG, N, -) cable clamp to the NEGATIVE (NEG, N, -) post.
3. Plug the charger into a properly grounded GFCI protected outlet.
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Pictured:Typical DC charging clamp connections for a precharge status, charging or just
maintaining a fully charged battery with the DC charging clamps out of vehicle.
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